How to use: Press Ctrl+F and type in the hero you're looking for - success! Alternatively, simply click on the hero you wish to see and you will be automaticly linked to him/her.

Note: These builds are an attempt to describe builds that will work for a variety of skill levels. As a result, they are often optimal for none. Any build should always be adapted to a particular game. Good luck; have fun!

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Kunkka the Admiral

@Val

I had more of something like this in mind. I can do the formatting/linking and such. You could do the Skill/Itembuilds. Thoughts?

@ToG: I wouldn't mind if you did the linking for it. It should work fine, but would be a pain. I suppose guide should be spoilered so this loads before the heat-death of the universe.

@Lycan: I really like the plaintext too . That being said, making it easier to read for everyone is not a bad thing at all. I think the items are easier to understand this way than in text form. I do agree that the skills are a total mess.

@Morbius: Thanks for the good wishes. I get lots of people in the strat forums to help me update my guide so it's usually done about 6 weeks after a new versoin comes out (I wait a couple before starting).

I thought about making a guide like this, too, but i was unsure about heroes i nearly never play. I've looked for my fav heroes here and wondered didn't saw anything wrong (tb, sylla, chen). very good work so far, better than i could i think :)

Stuff like "Waning Rift for more aggressive play and Illusory Orb if you facing hard lane."

or

Playstyle

Gank 24/7.

The strength of this guide is it's conciseness: Every description is short and simple, so you can reference the guide even in a game. Adding more info will ruin the "short and sweet" concept while the guide still can't compete with detailed single-hero guides in terms of in-depth info.

Hey all. Just typed up a somewhat different format for the LoA pretty version. Take a look. It keeps the items as pics, but puts the skills in a table. We could keep to the same colors for consistency. Yellow for Stats, Red for Ult, 3 colors (I used YellowGreen, RoyalBlue and SandyBrown) for the other skills. Look at it in the guide version instead of the forum version for best results: Val's Pretty Guide to Every Hero - DotA Guides

You misunderstand me, I mean that all of razor's skills look similar at a glance. If you're in a game and alt+tab out really quick, your brain's going to take some time to process the sea of blue electric-looking icons into useful information.

If you need help with modifying the tables, let me know. But really you should just be changing the colors and skills in the table I made (quote to see the bbcode and copy-paste).

Piemonger a while back did a guide like this I believe, and one of the nice things he did was with each hero link a good guide. It doesn't have to follow it perfectly, but the gameplay coverage plus variety in item builds allows a player to be more successful. You might have heard this already (maybe that linking thing?) but w/e.
Some of the builds are a bit off, but are ok enough for anyone alt-tabbing in pub or anything.

Piemonger's guide was great. I wish it still existed. I don't really generate my guides from existing ones though, so I don't have a nice list to link to at hand. Maybe next time I run a 3builds I can do that? Dunno. I guess I could also find a list here, but it's quite a lot of work. We'll see - I agree that it's useful, but keeping tabs on 90-somewhat other guides is a huge amount of upkeep.

Use this table just a small change but it looks better now
Added ___ to the last little __ at the right, to fit the 17-18 -FIXED
i think the max dont look pretty, anyway ... If you wont change it, fix the upper right ___ because of the max it doesnt fit anymore
On Upgrade-able items, it should be clear which level it is (especially on items which not change Icons [Dagon, Diffu])
This would help beginners a lot

Role:Yurnero is a very versatile carry/ganker hero, who stays powerful and useful throughout the game.
Early Game: Ganking with Blade Fury
Mid Game: Ganking with Blade Fury + Omnislash, Farm with Blade Fury
Late Game: Ganking with Blade Fury + Omnislash, Push/Counterpush support with Healing Ward